Fission and Fusion

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Conventional power stations burn fossil fuels. This produces...
...heat which boils water and creates steam
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What do nuclear power stations use?
Uranium
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What is the nuclear reaction called?
Fission
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Both power stations use what to turn the turbines?
The steam
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What is a chain reaction?
When a uranium nucleus absorbs an extra neutron it splits, releasing energy and more neutrons
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What is nuclear fusion?
The process by which heat energy is realeased when nuclei join (fuse) together.
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What do scientists place in the reactor to stop the nuclear reactions getting out of control?
Control Rods, this absorbs some of the neutrons
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When two nuclei fuse together a large amount of what is released?
Heat energy, this can only happen at extremly high temps
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In 1989 what did Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons claim?
That they had acheived cold fusion
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What are the 3 types of nuclear radiation?
Alpha, beta and gamma
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What type of radiation is used to treat cancer?
Gamma
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